Of Joy, Happiness and Success

Yesterday, I gave my first sermon ever. It could only had happened at a Unitarian Universalist church, of course. The sermon was titled "Living a Life of Passion" — some may think that as false advertisement, but that is their opinion and they can have their opinion, of course. After all, it is theirs, they own it, and who am I to argue with them?

But I digress. I won't bore you with the whole speech here. Suffice it to reflect on the closing words, which I though were pretty OK:

"If I may, don't go chasing after happiness, or after success. Go after the things that bring you joy. In those joyful things you will find what you are passionate about, and then you will find happiness, and success, and all of that. Joy is the nectar that puts more life into your years, and more great years into your life."

See? I just saved you 20 minutes of a sermon … although it was a good sermon, as sermons go.

Great family rules

While visiting friends this weekend, I saw these great family rules on one of their walls:

I cannot read who the original author is. I tried to find it on the web. I am posting this without intent of copy right infringement and will gladly remove it if so requested (or I can post purchase information on behalf of the company). I will try to get more information on this as soon as I can.